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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

1,382 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 70

Cars in Collision

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 April 1938 · page 2

Mr R. H. Crowley, of Cobbadah, who was accompanied by his wife and son, in a Buick sedan car, collided with a Vauxhall car, driven by Mr…

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Fisherman Drowned Forbes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1938 · page 6

When halfway across the Lachlan River while fishing, Joseph Leslie Sneddon, 65, was swept away and drowned. He was employed as an…

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Two Injured Coalfields Accidents Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1938 · page 5

James Shaw, 45, of Northcote street, Kurri, Kurri, a miner at Richmond Main colliery, suffered an injury to his back while at work to-day…

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Cars in Collision Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1938 · page 2

No one was injured when a car driven by Mr. R. H. Crowley, of Covertdale, with Mrs. Crowley and a son as passengers, collided with the rear of a…

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Clipper Injured Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1938 · page 5

Ernest Broderick, 43, of Ivan-street, Cessnock, a clipper at Aberdare Extended colliery, received a lacerated finger when his hand was caught in…

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Forty Injured Rival Unions Clash San Francisco, April 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1938 · page 1

Hundreds of seamen were involved in a street fight between members of Harry Bridges's International Longshoremen's Union and the Independent…

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Racing Motorist Victim of Accident WAGGA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1938 · page 5

The body of George C. Martin, 37, the Victorian representative of the Cunard Line, was found to-day in his car at Lower Tarcutta. The car had…

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Accident to Show Rider Not As Serious As Supposed. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 April 1938 · page 2

Miss Vera M'Millan, whose -mount crashed at the show, has left Sydney Hospital, where she was admitted for treatment…

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Accident Holds Up Traffic at Gowrie Crossing

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 April 1938 · page 2

The dangerous nature of the crossing at Gowrie railway gates has been stressed from time to time, particularly by members of Singleton…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 21 April 1938 · page 3

A sad drowning fatality occurred in Newcastle harbour on Thursday night, when Mr. Reg. Brown, of Hamilton, and son-in-law of Mrs. J. Palmer was…

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Cyclist Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 5

William Laing, 15, of Main Road, Neath, wets cycling yesterday when he was involved in a collision, with a motor lorry…

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Clipper Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 5

Ernest Roderick, 43, of Ivan Street, Cessnock, a clipper employed at Aberdare Extended colliery, had the little finger of…

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Cowboy Injured at Show Carries on in Spite of Pain

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 3

Tea Elder, the American cowboy who Ims entertained thousands at the Royal Show with his "wounded cowboy act," has been…

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Girl's Shoe Cause of Train Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 2

Miss Emily W. Mason, 18, of Cowley Road, Leytonstono, was about to board a train at Leytonstono, England, when her shoo came off and fell…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 5

Several accidents occurred at local collieries during the present week. Albert Gibson, 38, of McGrane…

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Ankle Injured Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1938 · page 4

Frank Morris, 27, of Yilgarn Ave nue, Cessnock, a brattisher at Aberdare Extended colliery, slipped and fell at work to-day, suffering an injury…

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King's Car in Collision

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 2

The King's car was entering Windsor Castle when another car, driven by Lieutenant Levett, of the North Staffordshire Regiment, which is…

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Child Drowned Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 3

Ann Davies, 19 months, was drownted on Sunday afternoon In Platt's Channel, Mayfield West. When the child was missed, her parents and…

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Two Injured Motor Car Somersaults GOSFORD

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 3

Running over an embankment on a straight piece of road, between Woy Woy and Gosford, last night, a car somorsaulted several times. The…

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Bomber Wrecked Air Pageant Mishap Nobody Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 3

None of tho huge crowd of onlookers at the air pagenut at Richmond j was aware that au Avro Anson bomb, er, one of the latest Air Force…

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